General/Miscellany

Poet of the Month: Talicha J

2017/07/01 — Leave a comment

This month, I celebrate Talicha J, one of the first poets I began to follow after I started actively writing poetry again. I don’t remember where I first encountered her work (it’s been about four years, after all), but I appreciate her ability to get to the heart of whatever she is writing about. Numerous times I have read something in one of her poems that perfectly captures something I have experienced.

Talicha regularly participates in slam competitions, and last year did her first tour (I was lucky to see her read at Everett Poetry Night in May 2016, and finally meet her in person (after having already been connected for a while on social media).

To date, Talicha has published one book of her poetry, Falling in Love with Picking Myself Up, and one poetry album, In the making (click on the bandcamp link below).

I strongly recommend you check her out. You won’t regret it.

Talicha J website: https://talicha-johnson.squarespace.com/

Talicha J YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUbP6BNSxJvMksiY2Qa0PyA

Talicha J In the making poetry album: https://talichaj.bandcamp.com/

(1 July 2017)

Poet of the Month: Vasilina Orlova

2017/06/01 — Leave a comment

Over the last three or four years, as I have immersed myself more and more in the world of poetry, I have encountered a lot of poets and/or their work. In some cases, what I have heard or read has provided inspiration for some of my own work. have been thinking recently that I want to acknowledge these folks, so I’m going to do so by acknowledging a different poet each month. Continue reading

Update-type stuff

2017/05/30 — Leave a comment

Here is the latest poop from Kevin-land:

• As I mentioned in a post about a week and a half ago, I got my Pulitzer entry in early this year. I know that the chances of a self-published book of poetry winning a Pulitzer Prize are pretty slim, but I still think it’s worth a shot.

• I am currently putting together a new collection, which I am considering submitting to a couple of different competitions for full-length poetry manuscripts. The working title is The Ostensible Sloth of Distress. Yes, it is a pretentious title—and that’s on purpose. (I have something of a story about this; I will save it for later.)

• My success in meeting this month’s writing challenge being difficult to measure, I am going to give myself a break for June. My writing challenge (as such) for the will be to start with titles.

• On my proper web site, I am going to add a poet of the month to the slider, starting June 1st.

Argh! The cat wants something. That will be all for now…

(30 May 2017)